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The city administration was accused yesterday of going back to the "long-discredited spoils system" in sponsoring legislation that would enable the Fire Commissioner to circumvent the existing civil service eligible list for fire chief and appoint a deputy chief of his personal selection to the post.
Lewis Mumford, writer and a life member of the limited group of 250 distinguished authors, artists and musicians who make up the National Institute of Arts and Letters, resigned yesterday from that body because of its award of a gold medal to Charles A. Beard, one of America's best-known historians.
guerrillas attack town near Athens; Naval Ministry orders Navy to attack unidentified submarines in Greek waters; map; Abp Damaskinos asks UN to intervene in alleged guerrilla crimes against women
NYC emergency light fuel pool reptd dry as Navy tanker San Luis Obispo is delayed; NY Central RR cuts service; Coast Guard cutters aid icebound Hudson River carriers en route to up-State NY; Allied Fuel Oil Distributors Assn aides seek Dewey conf to offer ration plan; Elizabeth, NJ, deliveries to nonresidents ordered confiscated; other area action
Bizonal Econ Adm proclaimed; Gers get charter; USSR zone press and French reaction